3 CCR 712-17
DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AGENCIES Colorado Podiatry Board RULE 115 - PODIATRY SCOPE EXPANSION RULES 3 CCR 712-17 [Editor’s Notes follow the text of the rules at the end of this CCR Document.] _________________________________________________________________________
17.1 STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE
A. Basis. Through Executive Order D 2020 038, Governor Jared Polis governor temporarily suspended the rulemaking authorities for the Colorado Podiatry (“Board”) set forth in section 24- 1-122(m)(II), C.R.S, and directed the Executive Director of DORA, through the Director of the Division of Professions and Occupations (Division Director), to promulgate and issue temporary emergency rules consistent with the Executive Order. The basis for these emergency rules is Executive Order D 2020 038 issued by Governor Jared Polis pursuant to the State of Emergency Declaration found in Executive Orders 2020 003, 2020 027 and 2020 032, Article IV, Section 2 of the Colorado Constitution, and the Colorado Disaster Emergency Act, sections 24-33.5-701, et. seq., C.R.S.
B. Purpose. These Emergency Rules are adopted by the Executive Director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, through the Division Director, to effectuate Executive Order D 2020 038 directing the immediate expansion of the workforce of trained medical personnel available to provide healthcare services within inpatient facilities due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Colorado.
17.2 Expanded Scope of Practice for Podiatrists pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order D 2020 038 A. Podiatrists may perform services while working in a hospital or inpatient facility as delegated by physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, certified registered nurse anesthetists, professional nurses and respiratory therapists.
1. Podiatrists are authorized to perform delegated services upon adequate cross-training as determined necessary by the hospital or inpatient facility.
2. Podiatrists shall not accept delegation of a service for which the licensee does not possess the knowledge, skill or training to perform.
3. Podiatrists shall not perform a delegated service for which the licensee does not possess the knowledge, skill or training to perform.
4. Delegated services shall not be re-delegated to another person or licensee by the delegatee 5. Podiatrists shall not prescribe or select medications, perform surgical or other invasive procedures or perform anesthesia services outside of statutory scope of practice regardless of delegation.